eMOLT Update 2023-08-03

This week has been quiet as we prepare for a busy week next week. George will be heading up to Maine to assist in setting up several new realtime eMOLT systems in Jonesport, Northeast Harbor, and Stonington. Huanxin is sticking closer to home to upgrade systems on the South Shore of Massachusetts to the new DDH software.

Thanks primarily to our close colleague Cooper Van Vranken, an important paper was published this past week in Frontiers in Marine Science entitled “Towards a global Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network (FVON): State of the art and future directions”. The paper describes both challenges and successes of several projects from around the world (eMOLT included).

Forecasts

NECOFS Bottom Temperature Forecasts

NECOFS forecast

MABAY forecast

Doppio Bottom Temperature Forecasts

Doppio forecast

Announcements

  • The Woods Hole Science Stroll is back on this year! On August 12, we welcome anyone who’s interested in meeting scientists and learning more about the work we do to come down to Water Street in Woods Hole. In addition to the Cooperative Research Branch staff many of you already know and other NOAA Fisheries scientists staff from other scientific organizations will be around giving demos of hardware and explaining their research. We’d be happy to have you stop in! Participating organizations include:
    • Marine Biological Laboratory
    • US Coast Guard
    • US Geological Survey
    • Woodwell Climate Research Center
    • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution …and more!

All the best, George and JiM